---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning security breaches of election systems and election-related systems."
description: "Concerning security breaches of election systems and election-related systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5843"
citation: "Washington SB 5843 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a609b68-02e2-4c81-8432-ab2593426f63"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5843&year=2023"
source_hash: "5b9be12a548dcdb46565a3736d7e4262b982c52c450fe0f432b484b6533b9acc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5843 (2023-2024) — Concerning security breaches of election systems and election-related systems.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5843.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5843.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **58–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nguyen — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-12** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 28, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a609b68-02e2-4c81-8432-ab2593426f63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).